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Cassidy, Frederick – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2011
Suicide rates of bipolar patients are among the highest of any psychiatric disorder, and improved identification of risk factors for attempted and completed suicide translates into improved clinical outcome. Factors that may be predictive of suicidality in an exclusively bipolar population are examined. White race, family suicide history, and…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Depression (Psychology)
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Britton, Peter C.; Conner, Kenneth R. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
There are limited prospective data on suicide attempts (SA) during the months following treatment for substance use disorders (SUD), a period of high risk. In an analysis of the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcomes Study, a longitudinal naturalistic multisite study of treated SUDs, variables associated with SA in the 12 months following SUD treatment…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Prevention, Drug Abuse, Suicide
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Ilgen, Mark A.; Walton, Maureen A.; Cunningham, Rebecca M.; Barry, Kristen L.; Chermack, Steve T.; De Chavez, Peter; Blow, Frederic C. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2009
The rates and associated features of suicidal ideation among 5,641 patients seeking routine, nonsuicide related care in an inner-city emergency department were examined. Approximately 8% of patients seeking routine care in the emergency department reported some form of suicidal ideation within the past 2 weeks. Suicidal ideation was common in…
Descriptors: Suicide, Patients, Urban Areas, Depression (Psychology)
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Roy, Alec – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2010
In order to examine risk factors for attempting suicide in heroin dependent patients, a group of 527 abstinent opiate dependent patients had a psychiatric interview and completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Patients who had or had never attempted suicide were compared on putative suicide risk factors. It was found that 207 of the 527…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Questionnaires
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Kelly, Thomas M.; Cornelius, Jack R.; Lynch, Kevin G. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2002
Tests substance-related and non-substance-related psychiatric disorders as predictors of attempted suicide among adolescents. Bipolar disorder, cocaine use disorders, and conduct disorder were found to be predictive of attempted suicide in univariate testing. Higher rates of cocaine use disorder/conduct disorder, hallucinogen use disorder/conduct…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Cocaine, Mental Disorders
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Klein, Hugh; Elifson, Kirk W.; Sterk, Claire E. – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2006
The focus of this study was to identify factors that differentiate women drug abusers who had experienced suicidal ideation from those who did not. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 221 cocaine-using women in Atlanta, GA, 88 (39.8%) of whom reported thinking about committing suicide at least once during the 90 days prior to interview and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Cocaine